Step 4 - Choose Drives
Drives are orderable at the time the array is purchased, or can be added in the future when additional capacity is required. Unlike other
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems where drives are sold in magazines of four, HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 drives are sold as single
drives. Note that these drives are only compatible with the M6710 and M6720 drive enclosures.
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 SAS Drives
HP 3PAR SSDs
HP M6710 100GB 6G SAS SFF (2.5-inch) SLC Solid State Drive
QR502A
HP M6710 200GB 6G SAS SFF (2.5-inch) SLC Solid State Drive
QR503A
HP M6720 100GB 6G SAS LFF (3.5-inch) SLC Solid State Drive
QR506A
HP M6720 200GB 6G SAS LFF (3.5-inch) SLC Solid State Drive
QR507A
HP 3PAR StoreServ M6710 400GB 6Gb SAS SFF(2.5-inch) MLC Solid State Drive
QR504A
HP 3PAR StoreServ M6720 400GB 6Gb SAS LFF(3.5-inch) MLC Solid State Drive
QR508A
HP 3PAR StoreServ M6710 480GB 6G SAS SFF(2.5in) MLC Solid State Drive
E7W54A
HP 3PAR StoreServ M6720 480GB 6G SAS LFF(3.5in) MLC Solid State Drive
E7W55A
HP 3PAR StoreServ M6710 920GB 6G SAS SFF(2.5in) MLC Solid State Drive
E7W24A
HP 3PAR StoreServ M6720 920GB 6G SAS LFF(3.5in) MLC Solid State Drive
E7W25A
HP 3PAR SAS HDDs
(Performance HDDs)
HP M6710 300GB 6G SAS 15K rpm SFF (2.5-inch) Hard Drive
QR492A
HP M6710 450GB 6G SAS 10K rpm SFF (2.5-inch) Hard Drive
QR494A
HP M6710 900GB 6G SAS 10K rpm SFF (2.5-inch) Hard Drive
QR496A
HP 3PAR StoreServ M6710 600GB 6Gb SAS 10K SFF(2.5-inch) HDD
C8R72A
HP 3PAR NL SAS HDDs
HP M6720 2TB 6G SAS 7.2K LFF (3.5-inch) Nearline Hard Drive
QR499A
HP M6720 3TB 6G SAS 7.2K LFF (3.5-inch) Nearline Hard Drive
QR500A
HP 3PAR StoreServ M6720 4TB 6G 7.2K LFF(3.5-in) SAS Nearline Hard Drive
H6Z87A
HP 3PAR StoreServ M6710 1TB 6Gb SAS 7.2K SFF(2.5-inch) Nearline HDD
QR498A
For each drive type installed in the array, the minimum recommended initial
quantity is
SSD and SAS performance HDDs - eight (8) drives* per node pair
Nearline HDDs - twelve (12) drives per node pair
Minimum upgrade quantity is 4 drives per node pair or 2 drives per enclosure,
whichever is larger. Best practice is to run Autonomic Rebalance (also known as
tunesys) after adding the drives.
RAID 6 is strongly recommended for Nearline drives.
All node enclosures must contain either zero (0) or an even number of drives. All
drive enclosures must contain an even number of drives, with a minimum of two.
Minimum raw capacity is 1.2TB per node pair.
A best practice is to add equal numbers of drives to all enclosures compatible
with the drive type being added.
With a four node configuration, the best practice is to attach the same number
and type of drives to each node pair.
Small Form Factor (SFF)-specific configuration practices
SFF drives may be loaded into the Storage Base enclosures, the Upgrade
QuickSpecs
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage
Configuration Information
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